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The Sacramento City Council early this month is expected to approve changes to the annual fire-prevention fee for multifamily properties with three or more units.
If approved, the new annual fees will be $40 to $808, depending upon the number of units at the property.
California Apartment Association staff persuaded city fire officials to reduce some of the increases while securing support for improvements to the overall program.
Tagged: Inspections Sacramento Valley
The California Apartment Association is asking members in Los Angeles to speak out against excessive fees being imposed on rental housing operators under the city’s waste-hauling program.
Tagged: News Los Angeles
Repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — and bringing extreme forms of rent control back to California — is no longer a legislative priority for the San Jose City Council.
On a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the council removed overturning Costa-Hawkins from its legislative to-do list.
That decision came after this year’s legislative effort to repeal Costa-Hawkins — Assembly Bill 1506 – died Jan. 11 during its first committee hearing. It was the second straight year that AB 1506 fizzled amid fierce opposition from the California Apartment Association and its allies.
Tagged: Costa-Hawkins Tri-County
An effort to place rent control and eviction controls before Long Beach voters will soon enter the signature-gathering phase.
On Tuesday, the Long Beach city attorney gave petitioners the green light to begin collecting signatures for a measure titled the Long Beach Rent Control Ordinance.
The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of Presidents Day. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday.
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Rent control activists in the city of Santa Cruz have filed paperwork to place a rent control measure before voters in the November election.
Rent control proponents filed their initiative with the Santa Cruz city clerk on Friday, Jan. 19, beginning the process of qualifying the measure. Within 15 days, the city attorney is expected to review the measure and issue an impartial summary and analysis.
Tagged: Rent Control Tri-CountyLong Beach
The California Apartment Association’s Orange County Division has been nominated by Families Forward for the 2018 Giving is Living Award.
“The California Apartment Association has made a commitment to our organization as a true community partner, supporting Families Forward in a wide variety of ways to ensure that parents with children who are in crisis, and living in their car or on the street, have the chance to find safety in stable housing and the opportunity to provide for their family again,” said Madelynn Hirneise, director of property acquisition and management for Families Forward.
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The California Apartment Association has expanded its Southern California government affairs team to bring greater representation to rental housing providers in South Los Angeles County.
Earlier this month, CAA named Frederick Sutton as vice president of public affairs for Long Beach and more than 20 other municipalities in L.A. County.
Sutton, who started on Jan. 16, brings a wealth of experience representing rental housing providers.
Tagged: Local government Long Beach
Tenant advocates in Long Beach have refiled documents to place a rent control measure before voters.
On Jan. 12, representatives from Housing Long Beach filed paperwork to qualify a rent control initiative for the November 2018 ballot.